What if my classes don’t run and I can’t make rent? read more >

An Ohio prosecutor calls for U of Cincinnati police force to be disbanded after an officer is indicted for murder. But would the city's police force be able to handle law enforcement on campus? read more >

Layoffs continued at the university for a second day as 161 employees are being let go. read more >

The court would determine whether public sector unions could continue to collect so-called “fair share” or “agency” fees. read more >

Stephen L. Chew writes that current approaches -- for awards or tenure and promotion -- are based too much on passion or student enjoyment and not enough on actual learning. read more >

Is “freelance academic” the right term? read more >

The first public university system in the country to voluntarily raise the minimum wage as high as $15 an hour read more >

California court rejects a public university's findings of sexual assault by a male student. Some say case points to tensions over due process at many institutions. read more >

LSU professor Teresa Buchanan says she was dismissed in a 'witchhunt' over her occasional use of profanity in the classroom. read more >

With all the pressures facing higher education these days, it’s not getting any easier. read more >

Wisconsin’s decision to eliminate tenure protections is just latest tremor in the collapse of academic ideals read more >

The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a challenge to the way public-sector unions finance their operations. Union officials said a ruling against them would deal a blow to organized labor. read more >

Northwest Nazarene stands behind elimination of job of tenured theologian, but will let him teach part-time for a few years. His supporters believe he is being punished for views on evolution and other issues. read more >

The university has drawn new scrutiny for dismissing a tenured instructor mainly for using obscene language and jokes around students. read more >

TIAA-CREF survey reveals adjunct faculty members' concerns about having enough savings to retire. Experts say the situation for most adjuncts is even more dire. read more >

Tenure, however, is not about protecting people but rather about protecting open conversation and debate. It is about academic freedom — the ability to research and teach on all topics, without fear of reprisal. read more >

Chad Williams, chair of the department of African and Afro-American studies at Brandeis U., created #CharlestonSyllabus, a Twitter hashtag that became a resource for scholars. read more >

As Republican Gov. Scott Walker prepares to campaign for president as the man who tamed Wisconsin’s unions, he’s targeting tenure protections for professors at public colleges and universities. read more >

Non-tenure track professors at Arizona State, after months of protesting a plan they called unfair to them and their students, receive more money and the option to avoid a 5-5 course load. read more >

As fight against college debt has its moment, what do college association leaders think about it? read more >